Example sentences of "house was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hoomey 's teeth were chattering after his dice with death ; Nails 's house was no warmer indoors that it was out . |
| 2 | Hinde House was no exception and the outgoing governing body wished to recommend co-opted governors who would have a commitment to and involvement with the school . |
| 3 | The previous house was no good because , with epilepsy , the stairs were a risk and he had already broken most of his ribs . |
| 4 | A glorious garden belonging to a customer friend in Hampshire had an avenue of these leading to the dining room patio , and the effect from the house was no worse for not being puritanical . |
| 5 | Their whole house was no bigger than this bathroom — ; |
| 6 | The house was a terrifying tomb . |
| 7 | Despite the hilarious hostess , the house was a bit grim , not only in its décor . |
| 8 | Any constant going out to another house was a threat . |
| 9 | Many a time they had drunk thus together , as boys , as youths , as men , and come out under the same starlit sky to walk beside each other up the familiar High Street where every house was a landmark and every face part of a shared history . |
| 10 | Because Granby House was a listed building , the contractor eventually became exempt from this tax , but as he could not reclaim any VAT he had already paid to suppliers , he had to pass most of it on to the developer . |
| 11 | ‘ Near the house was a barn like a castle , with a courtyard in the centre . |
| 12 | Webb 's house was a reflection of his self-esteem . |
| 13 | The new occupant of the only surviving manor house was a matter of extreme interest to the local population . |
| 14 | You may have thought the film Animal House was a joke , but in the US college fraternities are a serious business . |
| 15 | Smallfry said the house was a hostel for whores and niggers and criminals on the run from the police . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , we had a regular revolutionary den , Wilson , I assure you , our house was a hotbed of intrigue and your husband in the thick of it . ’ |
| 17 | Her house was a meeting-place for her daughter and their husbands , and conversation and gossip there formed reputation and opinion . |
| 18 | For Louisa Coutts Trotter , whose hypochondriacal father was constantly on the move seeking new cures , her grandmother 's Edinburgh house was a fixed point in their peregrinations ; while Willoughby de Broke eccentrically opens his autobiography with a series of chapters on the family 's houses , rather than on its people . |
| 19 | In the house was a picture of the original gallery . |
| 20 | The original owner of the house was a professor at the University . |
| 21 | The house was a neat Victorian villa in a row with lime trees outside ; Hoomey liked the road better than his own ; it was cosier , somehow , with the trees and the privet hedges and its back to the sea . |
| 22 | And there , bumping and jolting its roaring way up the track towards the house was a motor car . |
| 23 | The Powells ' house was a far grander residence than any other in our immediate ken . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , throughout the day , The Market House was a hive of activity , with the selling of corn and other farming commodities . |
| 25 | Hinde House was a fairly typical school in that there had been a recognition of the need to relate to the ‘ World of Work ’ , ‘ Employers ’ , ‘ Further and Higher Education ’ , ‘ Preparation for Adult Life ’ and many of the other banner headings which at different times were placed before us by non-school organisations . |
| 26 | Our house was a mingling of religions : Hannah , the ayah , was a Thomist Catholic ; the table servants were Mohammedan ; Fa 's personal bearer , Jetta , was a Buddhist from Sikkim . |
| 27 | If the location of Alison 's house was a surprise , the interior was everything I had expected . |
| 28 | According to the book of ‘ daily happenings ’ , life at Barham House was a model of domestic harmony . |
| 29 | At the back of the house was a lock-up gaol and if any one caused any trouble they were locked up for the night , then transported the next morning by the local ‘ taxi ’ , which was a horse and cart , to the police station at Brough to be tried . |
| 30 | The site where Hugh Arbuthnot chose to build his house was a rise in the ground , overlooking the river . |